Google has rolled out a Panda algorithm update on September 27, 2012.
This is not exactly a data refresh, in fact it’s an algo updates to the existing one. This is Google Panda 20, because this is the 20th Panda update so far.
This is a quite major update impacting 2.4% of English search queries and is still rolling out, for the next 3 to 4 days. Matt Cutts has confirmed this news to SearchEngineLand via the below mail -
Google began rolling out a new update of Panda on Thursday, 9/27. This is actually a Panda algorithm update, not just a data update. A lot of the most-visible differences went live Thursday 9/27, but the full roll out is baking into our index and that process will continue for another 3-4 days or so. This update affects about 2.4% of English queries to a degree that a regular user might notice, with a smaller impact in other languages (0.5% in French and Spanish, for example).
For your info, the last Panda update was on Sep 18 and it affected <0.7% of search queries.
CONFUSION: On the very next day, September 28, Google has also released an algorithm update for exact-match domain, which will demote the low quality exact-match domains from SERPs. And, it affected 0.6% of English-US queries.
Now, lots of webmasters are noticing huge drop in traffic. But many are not confirmed, whether it is due to exact-match domain or Panda 20 update. Because both algo updates were released almost simultaneously (1 day difference).
P.S. - Even though you have an exact-match domain name, if you have thin content or low quality content in your website, penalty by Google Panda is most likely.
About Nandita B.
My name is Nandita B, and I’m a SEO practitioner and part-time blogger. My sheer passion for sharing knowledge a webmaster needs drove me to create “A Webmaster’s Magazine” called SEOHour.com
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help full..thnks for the updates..um a regular reader of your blog…..
Hi,
Thanks for this informative post. I didn’t know about this latest algorithmic update from Google. It has affected 2.4% of the English queries. This post is definitely important for us to know. Thanks for the share!!
ufff..
A Blog under my network is been hitted by This PAnda.
Its just 1 month Old..
and i a Deal sharing blog so the length of posts are very low..
i think The Duplicate content and less words posts has lead to hit by Panda..
But from today the traffic has been increased a Little as i have deleted the low quality posts..
Hope it will recover soon!
Neways
Thanks a Lot for sharing This..!!
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Google has tried to confuse webmasters by releasing two updates of various nature simultaneously.I have also observed slight decrease in traffic .
Nandita when are you expecting next Penguin update?
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The BIG Penguin update may come by the END of this month. Somewhere between Oct 25 to Oct 31, 2012.
There is also a chance of Panda refresh simultaneously, with a day or two before or after penguin.
Hi Nandita,
Great view about Google updates. Though honestly I don’t too much care about it since it can be a great distraction to my blogging habits.
Just keep making the good original content and we should be alright from Panda threat I guess
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Sometimes Panda hits blogs and websites due to technical issues in blogging platforms and software. So, being vigilant about Google’s algo change/refresh is quite necessary these days.
Thanks.
Excellent view about Google updates. I think now we have created original articles….:)
Thanks for the update. I now know how this latest algorithm change is supposed to work and what to expect later in the month.
I don’t think Google is delivering better results this way. I’ve been doing searches on key words for several topics and I am not getting the diversity in results that I used to get before. It’s ridiculous. I can’t find some of the stores I used to see or the sources of information. Google is making changes to suit their business, not the end users.
Google has the habit of playing a spoil sport in the life of web masters. It must really give some time for the genuine masters to learn the behavior and the expectations. Anyways, it was expected and arrived sooner!
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